World Cup final: wins for Koskela and Rost in the long distance

Salla Koskela, Finland and Erik Rost, Sweden won the last individual race of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup season 2017-2018.

In a mass-start long distance race Rost finished 43 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Lars Moholdt and 1 minute 43 seconds of the Russian Eduard Khrennikov.

The women’s race turned into a real drama. The Russian Mariya Kechkina was first to the finish line, but eventually she was disqualified for punching a wrong control point. The World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson, Sweden took a route choice through the finish, then reached the finish line in second position, but later was disqualified for crossing the finish line without punching all the controls.

Salla Koskela finished third, but became a winner of the Long race. It was a second win this season for the Finnish athlete – she won a season opener – a Sprint race in Ylläs, Finland.